Pontiac, Michigan (March 9, 2004) -- The Office of Arts, Culture, & Film in honor of Women's History Month, presents a lecture by Pan Godchaux and Susan Safford entitled: Phoenix Mill Women's Museum on Thursday March 18, 2004, from Noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Oakland County Lecture Hall, Building 49 West.

Former state representative of Birmingham Pan Godchaux and her business partner Susan Safford are both knowledgeable individuals concerning the Phoenix Mill Women's Museum. The two serve as fund-raisers for the museum project, which plans to develop the building located at Five-mile and Northville Roads in Plymouth into a museum, honoring the women who worked there from 1922 to 1945. This former factory is historic because it became the first ever all-female factory and the first one where women made the same wage as men, $5 per day.

Henry Ford owned the factory, and would occasionally give private tours of the facility to well known American figures such as Charles A. Lindbergh. According to Ford's rules, the women employed there had to be single, widowed, or have a husband injured in the war. The Phoenix Mill workers assembled small parts like voltage regulators and switches. The lecture will present a thorough history of the factory, its workers, and the effect it had on the Detroit area and the nation as a whole.

The Presentation will take place on Thursday, March 18, 2004, from Noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Oakland County Lecture Hall, Building 49 West on the County campus at 1200 N. Telegraph Road, in Pontiac. For further information contact Kristie Everett Zamora, Director of Arts, Culture & Film at 248-858-0415 or at zamorak@oakgov.com, and please visit the Arts, Culture & Film website.